Duke Kahanamoku and Amelia Earhart

Alaka'i,
I just came across this neat picture of Duke with Amelia Earhart. It was recently found in the archives of the Matson Lines.

Fwd: Crab Caught on Molokai

Just got an email from Melveen Leed,
Check out this crab......

Moloka'i da best and Texas has nothing over this one!  Yee ha!  Love, hugs and God's blessings from me, Melveen 

You are way too kind

Received via email from our KPOA online Ohana:
I don't know about you but I think this Poster should go "Hawai'ian Viral"
Reply from Alakai: I don't know about that, but Mahalo.  Aloha Friday.

Schultz Fire Update

Let me start with a couple of impressive pictures I have 'borrowed' from a friend of a friend:





I wish I could give proper photo credits for these amazing shots but I have not been able to learn the name of the photographer.  This is as bad as it gets, folks; but look closer.  Those dark shapes rising above the fire are the summits of the San Francisco Peaks; the fire is on the foothills in the foreground.  (The picture was shot from somewhere in the Doney Park area several days ago.)  In fact the Peaks have survived nearly intact!

The latest report is that 15,000 acres (about 23.5 square miles) have burned - the same number they have been reporting for a couple of days now - and the fire is 75% contained with full containment expected in about 3 days.  The effort has involved nearly 1000 firefighters working under a Type One Incident Team and a pair of Sikorsky Skycranes (huge helicopters) have been shuttling water to the Peaks for over a week.  Total cost is now said to be $8,000,000.  Some credit also goes to the more moderate than expected winds.

Let me take this opportunity to post two of my pictures from June 24:


This is the massive smoke plume from an intentional back fire, which they started then to avoid the higher winds expected the following day.  It is good that they shared that with the media or we might have concluded that it was all over!


Back fire June 24

This is the same slope I photographed on the previous evening and sent in my last update.  As you can see things got a lot hotter here!

Barring unforeseen happenings it is all over but the search for the person who started it.  I'm not worried; a friend who drove past the site when they were still there reports that there were several cars and trucks at that campsite.  That is too many people to keep a secret.  The Forest Service is offering a modest reward ($2500, I think) and a local brewery has offered free beer for life to sweeten the deal.

Our grateful thanks to all the firefighters who worked so hard to save the Peaks!

cheers, Rich

Morning Goddess - nominated for Kelly & Regis

The words of a loving listener.

You are #1 in my book.

Mahalo for the kind words.

With all my Aloha Alaka`i

 

 

Hi.

 

Live with Kelly and Regis are holding a contest asking listeners to nominate their favorite women in radio personalities. They will fly the winner to NYC and will be a cohost for a day. Natrually, I have to nominate Alaka'i as she is my favorite. Just an fyi, below is the letter that I wrote:

 

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Dear Kelly and Regis,

I have the best morning radio host nominee evah! Alaka'i is The Morning Goddess on KPOA in Maui from 6am to 10am. Proudly, I am her number one California fan (self proclaimed). I tune in every morning to listen to her show from work. She is the best radio host because:

1.       Alaka'i is a goddess (it even says so on the web site!)

2.       Alaka'i loves her job. She's darn perky! Never boring!!!

3.       Alaka'i loves her islands and wants to teach the Hawaiian ways to everyone. It's her inner Aloha that shines through every day.

4.       Alaka'i is always so happy. You can hear it in her voice every day. You can't help but to smile when you listen!

5.       Alaka'i is very funny. She finds humor in everything.

6.       Alaka'i is genuine. She speaks from her heart. She bonds the listeners or Ohana (family) together.

7.       Alaka'i is a teacher. Every day she has a trivia question that helps broaden your knowledge. Yesterday, I learned that a cow drinks up to one bathtub of water a day.

8.       Alaka'i is informative with news of what's really going on in Hawaii… did you know that Maui is having the first ever Spam Jam? Yes, on July 24^th.

9.       Alaka'i is a beautiful spirit that must be shared.

10.   Alaka'i makes me smile every day. She keeps me laughing and connects me to the warm island Aloha spirit.

 

Now you know. Everyone needs a little Morning Goddess in their lives! But wait, there's more, if you choose the Morning Goddess, I'll provide the goddess tiaras for you to wear!

 

Sincerely,

Aka:  #1CAAlaka'iFan

 

KPOA: http://www.kpoa.com

 

Alaka'I's Goddess page: http://www.kpoa.com/pages/4224420.php?

 

Peaks this Morning

What a lovely pix of this mountain.

Sad to say that the mountain is on fire.

It has been determined that the fire started with an unattended campfire.

God speed to the 800 firefighters on the job.

Also to the 1200 homes downwind of the fire.

From all your Maui Ohana at KPOA 

Na Hoku Hanohano Awards 2010 Red Carpet

Alaka`i Paleka & Cyril Pahinui


What an honor after 25years for KPOA and myself to have been invited to such a wonderful event. It was a very humbling moment and I would like to say MAHALO to each and everyone of you for making KPOA what we are today. With love and aloha, Alaka`i